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A few weeks ago, we spoke to Atreyu’s Dan Jacobs about Pluginz, a company that makes, among other things, keychain holders that will be of particular interest to guitarists. Their “Jack Rack” line of keychain holders look like a guitar head, and you connect the keys by plugging in a 1/4 inch jack with a keychain […]

Pantera pulled no punches on The Great Southern Trendkill, one of the most intense and hardest-hitting albums the group ever recorded. Released in 1996, the album reached #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and went on to become Pantera’s fourth consecutive platinum release. To mark the 20th anniversary of this legendary metal release comes […]

One of the best things about the metal community is how dedicated its fans are. That’s why Prog Power sells out before the lineup’s even announced. It’s why bands and fans will travel from all over the world to hang out in Baltimore parking lots every Memorial Day Weekend. And it’s also why black […]

Hate to break it to you, but Summer is pretty much over. Sure, we’ve got this weekend, and technically, Fall doesn’t start until mid-September, but between going back to school, fall fashion and pumpkin spice fuckin’ lattes, it’s pretty much already Autumn, That’s fine though, because with the fall comes the festival season, and the […]

On October 21, just in time for Halloween, Rob Zombie will be releasing his latest horror film, 31. However, in advance of that, Fathom Events and Metal Insider are giving you a chance to see the film early. There will be a special one-night-only screening of the film at theaters nationwide on September 1 at 7pm. […]

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With Charred Walls of the Damned’s third album, Creatures Watching Over the Dead, coming out on Friday (23), the album is now streaming online at drummer Richard Christy’s other job, at howardstern.com. You can preorder it here.

Late Night With Seth Meyers has already had Mastodon’s Brann Dailor fill in on drums for a week. They’re extending their metal cred by having Anthrax on the show on August 24th, where they’ll be performing “Monster At The End.”

Metallica’s August 20th concert at Minneapolis’ US Bank Stadium will be streamed live on Pandora. Listeners can tune in here at 10pm EST to listen. Until then, you can go there and hear a playlist curated by the band.

Guns N’ Roses will be playing two shows this weekend at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, and John Varvatos and Bravado have collaborated for a pop-up shop at the John Varvatos store at 315 Bowery (the former site of CBGB). There will be a launch party today from noon-2. More info here.

Wondering where you can stream the Alternative Press Music Awards? Sure you are! They’ll be on the Amazon Music Twitch channel, which we never heard of until now, starting at 7pm on Monday, July 18th. To read more about the APMAs, go here.